BitTorrentProtocolSpecificationV1-BaylorUniversity.docVIP

BitTorrent Protocol Specification V 1.0 CSI 5321 Dec 12 2004 Submitted by Arun Chokkalingam Firasath Riyaz  Torrent (MetaInfo) File The torrent file contains the information about the file(s) we will be downloading. This is bencoded. Bencoding Bencoding is a way to specify the data in a terse format. The below table provides the format for the different types in Bencoding. Type Description Format Example Strings Normal Strings [series of continuous characters] string length:string data 7:network Represents the string network Integers Normal integers iintegere i3e represents 3. Lists They are lists of types [strings,I integers, lists, dictionaries]. lbencoded typee l8:advanced7:networke represents the list of two strings: [advanced, network] Dictionaries They are a mapping of keys to values dbencoded stringbencoded elemente Note: The keys are bencoded strings d7network:7:csi53216:baylore  Structure of Torrent(MetaInfo) File The following table gives the structure of a single-file torrent [does not have a sub-directory structure]. Key Description Info A dictionary that describes the files - length Length of file in bytes.(integer) -md5sum(optional) A 32 character hexadecimal string corresponding to the MD5 sum of the file. -name The filename of a string(string) -piece length Number of bytes in each piece(integer) -pieces String consisting of the concatenation of all 20-byte SHA1 hash values, one per piece.(raw binary encoded) Announce The announce URL of the tracker Announce-list(optional) This is an extension to the official specification, which is also backwards compatible. This key is used to implement lists of backup trackers. The full specification can be found at /tur/multitracker-spec.txt. Creation date (optional) The creation time of the torrent, in standard Unix epoch format (integer seconds since 1-Jan-1970 00:00:00 UTC) Comment(optional) Free form text comme